Stephen Lewis — The Child in Time Character Profile

About Stephen Lewis

Successful children's book author who loses his four-year-old daughter Kate in a supermarket. He struggles with all-consuming grief that drives him on a diverging path from his wife.

Stephen Lewis — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Benedict Cumberbatch

Appears in

The Child in Time (2018)

Role

Protagonist

More characters from The Child in Time

• Julie Lewis (Kelly Macdonald)
• Charles Darke (Stephen Campbell Moore)
• Thelma Darke (Saskia Reeves)
• Home Secretary (John Hopkins)
• Policewoman (Andrea Hall)
• Prime Minister (Elliot Levey)
• Mrs. Forrester (Gehane Strehler)
• Ruth Lyle (Chase Collard)
• Steven's Young Mother (Natasha Brown)
• Male Neighbour (Jim Creighton)
• Taxi Driver (Tony Walker)
• Kate Lewis (Beatrice White)